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Chapter 34 The final battle

For both sides confronting each other on the Yangtze River, this battle is undoubtedly a battle of national destiny. If the Han army wins, it will naturally sweep the Three Wus and restore unification. If the Wu army wins, it can also try to restore the old border and take the initiative again. For the commanders of the two armies, there is no room for concession. If Zhuge Liang is defeated, it may directly lead to the destruction of the new policy since Yanxi. If Sima Yi is defeated, he will be desperate and will be in a desperate situation. No matter how big the world is, there is no place to stand. Both sides can only have a way to fight to the death.

In terms of the number of troops, the Han army undoubtedly had the advantage at this time. After the merger of the three prefectures, 250,000 troops gathered together, standing by the river, as if a black cloud suddenly rose in the sky in the north, and the masts and oars and flags of countless ships rose little by little under the water, facing the sun in the south, as if they were to cover it. In contrast, the 110,000 Wu army in the Jiangnan camp was a little shabby. Although it was also a large army, its number was less than half of the enemy, which would always cast a gloom on the morale of the soldiers.

Fortunately, after a detailed comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides in the war, the Wu people found that it was not without a chance of victory. Although Jingzhou had been lost, the Jiangling Navy still survived. After joining with the rest of the Wu people, it still had thousands of ships. In terms of the prosperity of the navy's military, it was far better than the Zhou Yu's navy during the Battle of Jianye. On the other hand, although the Han army also had thousands of ships, due to Guan Yu's idea of ​​establishing the navy, most of them were small boats such as boats, ships, and Qingya. Only the Dongfu Army brought twenty tower ships, which were almost one-third of the tower ships of the Wu people. In this case, the Han army's numerical advantage could not be used. As long as the Han army destroyed the Han army's navy and laid the advantage of the Wu people on the river, it would be at least no problem to regain Jiangbei, and Jingnan and other places.

But Sima Yi did not dare to fight rashly. In terms of water war, he thought he could not compare to Lu Xun, but Lu Xun's navy was defeated by Guan Yu in Jingling. Although he adopted the method of setting fire with the wind, he had to attract Sima Yi's attention. It happened that the northwest wind was blowing at this time, so Sima Yi did not take the initiative to provoke the Han army, but instead discussed with the generals under his command for several days, making a gesture of not being able to complete the battle.

However, the advantage of time lies with the Han army. Sima Yi wanted to show that the enemy was weak, but Zhuge Liang was even more patient. He was now in charge of the army, and the generals did not know him well enough, so he just took advantage of this short time to continue training. Of course, it was impossible to say nothing. Since the Han army had occupied Chaisang, Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan to lead 20,000 people apart and rage frequently in Danyang County. Then he released news that the Han army planned to send 60,000 people to cross the river in Danyang so as to attack the navy on land and land.

This move hit the Wu people's vital points, and they were indeed the ones who could not afford to lose or drag. If Zhuge Liang had really arranged this way, the Wu people would naturally be defeated even if they did not fight. So Sun Quan immediately ordered Sima Yi to order him to fight the Han Navy within half a month. Sima Yi agreed to this point until he had no choice. He then said to the generals of the Wu army: "Wait for the wind direction over there! As long as we are in the upper hand, we will be able to defeat the thief army with destiny!"

The next day, after the sun rose, the Wu people looked up at the sky and found that a night passed, the blue sky began to accumulate white and gray clouds, and the Wu army flags on the high places were all flying towards the opposite shore. The wind was like a god's help! What a good opportunity. The Wu army soldiers immediately went to the camp to ask the commander to go to the battle. Sima Yi looked at his nature for a long time and finally made up his mind to let the Wu army board the ship.

At this time, the southeast wind was blowing violently, and the river was surrounded by backward waves. The sky was filled with clouds, covering the sky and the sun. The Yangtze River was like a vast ocean lying in the clouds, allowing the gray-white waves to sway, swaying the ships lightly, like hypnosis. The ships of the two armies crossed the two sides, lying in the quietly flowing river water, as if they were asleep. The two sides were green like picturesque, the north shore was dyed white by various reeds, and the south shore was mixed with these gorgeous flowers. The humid air on the river was filled with the smell of mosquitoes, and the smell of cooking smoke from the two armies was floating. Except for the river water hitting the side of the ship, even the voices of people talking could not be distinguished. Not to mention the loud sound of golden drums, gongs, and whistling and oars. In short, the two sides became quiet in the wind, as if they had not woken up.

But in fact, the navy on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is ready.

Soon, the Wu people's ship appeared on the river. The front was the giant ship that was leaning on by Weire. The other small ships followed him and gradually anchored into the river. The vanguard walked near the center of the river. At this time, the Han army had already left the ship to fight. The Wu people's ship immediately stopped crossing the river and spread left and right into horizontal rows so that the formation could be changed faster with the enemy's offensive.

At this time, the water battle, as the tower ships were getting higher and higher, the number of people was loaded, and the range of crossbows was getting farther and farther, the way of placing small boats was mainly used. After the tall tower ship entered the battlefield, the small boat could not break the defense of the tower ship, and it was also very disadvantaged to shoot with its head. Apart from the battle of the Jingling, there was no good countermeasure. Even Guan Yu, who advocated building an army with a small boat, actually used its flexibility to fight, fight freely, so that the army was no longer restricted by the navy. Even in the Battle of Jingling, he set fire with the wind and had a great scene, he was unable to leave the Wu people's tower ship.

The Wu army's tower ship was in front of him, and wanted to take advantage of this advantage to challenge the Han army's large ships and prepare to win the giant ships. If the Han army did not respond, the Wu army would continue to paddle to approach the north shore, trapping the Han army fleet that was too late to spread on the shore, leaving it unavoidable. Then, use the small boats that followed to set up nets to destroy all the remaining Han army naval forces, and the Han soldiers on the ship would be beaten to the river to feed fish and shrimps. If the Han army fled in a cowardly battle, the Wu army would be able to take a break and chase and fight hard, and be able to win a complete victory.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! It can be said that if there is no accident, Sima Yi has expanded the navy formation first and occupied the favorable time of the wind, so he has a higher chance of winning than his opponent.

However, to the surprise of the Wu people, the Han army did come out to fight. But the big ships that came in the same way, or the shape of the ship was extremely strange. These Han army ships opened a huge gray cloth on both sides of the side of the ship, wrapping the left and right like two wings of a bird. The southeast wind blew violently, and the gray cloth tied with ropes trembled violently, which did not make the Han army march faster. This made the Wu army who were preparing to fight on the ship very strange. They discussed it privately and did not know what the extra cloth on these two sides had.

But the situation at this time could not allow them to continue thinking too much. Under the agitation of the wind, most of the tower ships had already quickly entered the range of arrows for the attack. The Wu people began to shoot arrows at the enemy without hesitation. But what is strange is that the Han army did not fight back at the first time, but instead adjusted its position and advanced towards the space between the Wu people's tower ships. This situation once made the Wu people feel strange and familiar. It was because there had never been such a water battle on the river surface, and the familiarity was that this scene seemed familiar.

When the two armies passed by, the answer was finally revealed. The Han soldiers took off the gray canvas on both sides and immediately revealed more than ten pairs of slap rods hidden in it. It was the golden-winged tower ship designed by Zhuge Liang for water battles before! When the Wu people saw the tall slap rods that were only within reach, they immediately recalled the painful memories of attacking Hefei three years ago, which shocked them, and then their blood was cold. But no matter what the reaction was, it was too late. The tower ships of the Han and Wu sides had already merged together, and even the space for turning around was no longer there, not to mention that the southeast wind was now, turning heads was equivalent to actively going against the wind, and the huge tower ships had no time to turn. They could only watch the Han army's shooting and slap.

The golden wings of the Han army came slowly, but the movement of the slap was not dragged at all. When both sides could almost see the holes of the other side, every time they whistled, they could smash a hole in the Wu army's tower ship without any suspense. After the loud noise, waves rushed into the building ship, ruthlessly dragging it into the bottom of the river, leaving only some disintegrating wooden board fragments drifting up and down the river. The Wu army soldiers didn't say that they fought back, even swimming in the river was extremely difficult. The various waves generated during the collision of the ships were mutually with the turbulent turbulence under the river.

The attack, like a dragon, swept the drowning Wu people into the water. On the river surface, this unilateral massacre continued. Since the emergence of the tower ship, there has never been such a fleet that can destroy the city walls. On the vast Yangtze River that was storming with strong winds, swept across another fleet with huge rocks without any scruples! Just like a bird that has transformed and soared, looking down on these similar species who are still in the Kun Whale era. When the fall of the Han army finally stopped, the river still flowed eastward silently, but the originally arrogant Wu people's navy no longer exists!

When it was time for government affairs, the sky was still cloudy, and the two armies briefly stopped contact. The Wu people's back team, namely all the remaining small boats of Sima Yi, had retreated to the south bank at this time. The Han army's Golden Winged Tower ship occupied the heart of the river, and the victory and defeat were clear.

The next day, the Han army crossed the river with a grand magnificent resistance. The Wu people were defeated by Zhuge Liang's army head-on. At this point, no one knew that the battle to destroy Wu had been completed and the Wu people had no more soldiers. Sima Yi, as the commander of the surrender, committed suicide by sword on the spot. Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and others in Jianye City also ignited themselves. In the city, Sun Shao, the son of Sun Ce who was under house arrest, came out of the city to surrender. At this point, the final battle to unify Jiangnan has officially come to an end.
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